Bacteria & the Gut
Below are our 10 articles in the bacteria & the gut' category:
Bacillus cereus is a species of bacteria that causes severe food poisoning. As its name suggests, it is a rod-shaped bacterium; it is also gram...
Some types of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria are friendly bacteria that live in the digestive system. They do not cause disease and they carry...
Friendly bacteria in the digestive system occur mainly in the colon, also called the large intestine, and in the part of the small intestine...
Stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers are very common in industrialised nations such as the USA, Australia, the UK and other countries in Europe. For...
Listeria is a type of food poisoning caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. This is one of six known species in the Listeria family, which...
Salmonella food poisoning is also called salmonellosis, and is a severe but self-limiting infection of the digestive system. Most outbreaks of food...
Shigella is a bacterium that causes severe a food-borne disease known as bacillary dysentery. It occurs all over the world. For example around 10%...
Botulism is an illness caused by the effects of the potent botulin toxin, which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The toxin is...
Cholera is a severe infection of the digestive system caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which passes from person to person in contaminated...
Typhus is caused by several species of Rickettsia bacteria and it is important not to confuse it with typhoid fever, which is a severe infection...
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